A.M) (iAKDENER'S JOURiXAL. 



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THE AKABIAiV HORSE. 



From Loic's grdiid work, " Illustrations of the breeds of Domestic Anivials." 



(copied fROM farmers' CABINET.) 



The exquisitely benutifiil smiinal, here most fniihfully represented, exhibits correctly the form and chorac- 

 of the genuine Arab. He was taken in an assault by an Arab fibe, on a parly of the roynl I'amily of 



in, when journeying on a pilsriniage. The chief who headed the attacking party was killed, and his e«- 



Chnraer, galloping into the Persian ranks, was taken; a ransom, enormous for so poor a tribe, was snbse- 

 ntly oflered by the Arabs, but was refused, and he wa= brought to England by Sir John ftlcNcil. He 

 ids fourteen hands and a half high, is g nde in the highest degree, and so thoroughly trained in that kind of 

 rcise which the Arabians are careful to tench their horses, that he may be galloped round the narrowest 

 le. When his portrait was in the course of being painted, he was languid from theefTects of cold; it was 

 bed to rouse him from his Icthargv, and the idea occurred of trying the efilcts of a few tones of simple 

 sic — the sounds no sooner reached his ear than his wholeframe instantly became agitated to a violent de- 

 :e; his heart throbbed convulsively, and so great was his excitement that it was found necessary instantly 

 itop the music 1 some chord of feeling, it would seem, had been struck — perhaps he was reminded of his de- 

 t home, and bis friends and companions, from whom he had been eo rudely severed. The generous animal 

 lerc depicted as scenting the garments and weapons of bis slaughtered master, and no one can examine the 

 eamentsof his expressive countenance, without experiencing a gush of feeling arising within his breast, in 

 npathy with the beaniifnl mmirner. • 



The gentleness of the Arabian horse is proverbial; and although so elegandy formed, and so delicately 

 e and sleek his skin, even the English horse would perish under the ecanty fare, the toils and privations he 

 doomed to suffer. They are patient of hunger and thirst, to a degree nnknown in any other race, subsisting, 

 entimes, on the withered herbs of the desert, and roots dragged from under the sand, and even on the milk 

 the camel. They bear continued exposure to the fiercest heats, and day after day pursue marches of incre- 

 )le toil through the burning sands ol the wilderness, forming by their bodies a shade from the fiery bent of 



2 sun, under which their masters repose during the halt for a period in the middle of the day, and a shelter 

 night. But an Arab never beats, or even speaks harshly to his horse — he ireats him as a companion, and 



3 children find in him a playmate, and bis wife a nurse for her infant, and all making a pillow of his neck 

 night. Without the use of the bit, he will obey the slightest motion of his rider; stand at a word, or put 



mself at full speed in an instant! Such is the creature so happily formed for the scanty herbs, the thirst, 

 d loil of the burning desert. 



From the Mafr, of Horticulture. 

 CuItiTatiou of the Filbert. 



The filbert is one of the finest nuts, and although 

 reat quantities of the fruit are imported, and sold in 

 le fruit shops annually, there are scarcely any, as yet, 

 titivated iu the United Slates. A sterde variety of 

 ie Enulish filbert may be seen in many of our gar- 

 ens, which rarely produces any fruit; but the finer 

 )rts, which thrive luxuriantly, and bear most abun- 

 aiitly in this clima'.e, are scarcely known in cultiva- 

 ■ \n. Nothing can well be easier than the cultivation 

 1 ibis shrub or tree, and we ore confident that were 

 :ii; merits of the belter varieties generally known, no 

 Tilo would be considered complete without them. 

 \ Kiv years since, we imported small plants of the 

 nosl celebrated English varieties, and have, without 

 he ii- ist attention to pruning, realized quite an abun- 

 Iruii crop of fine nuts, for t ao years past, which are 

 juiie an acceptable addition to the dessert. 



Annng the finest of these varieties are the Frizzled, 

 ;he red Kernel, the Northampton Prolific, the Cobnut, 

 md the Cosford. We have found the Cosford, Friz- 

 zled, and the Northampton Prolific, the most produc- 

 tive varieties in this climate. All the varieties grow 

 very vigorously in any good soil, naturally dry rather 

 fchan moist, but a dry gravelly loam, or sandy loam, is 

 considere-d preferable. In pruning and training fil- 

 berts, the first most important requisite is to keep the 

 main stem free from all suckers; and the second, to 

 prevent too great a luxuriance of wood, which, if suf- 

 fered to glow at random, will prevent the production 

 of large crops. The nuts are produced, both upon the 



sides of the young wood, and upon lateral spurs, an 

 nually produced on the older branches, after the pre- 

 vious year e bearings lateral shoots have been trimmed 

 away. Abroad, therefore, what is called the spurring' 

 in system of pruning is adopted, and the extremities 

 of the leading shoots are sljortcncd every spring. 

 This throws nearly all the vigor of the tree into the 

 bearing branches, and produces a larger crop of fruit 

 annually. 



In some parts of England, large plantations of fil- 

 berts are made, for profit. Kent is the most celebrated 

 nut growing district, and the average crop there is a- 

 bout eight hundred weight per acre, although, in good 

 soils and favorable seasons, thirty hundred weight have 

 been raised on an acre of ground. The hushesare gen- 

 erally trained with single stems, and the heads pruned 

 in the form of a hoop, kept about six feet high from 

 the ground. 



There does not appear to be the least obstacle to the 

 profitable cultivation of the filbert on a large scale, in 

 this couniry, and our dry fine summers would proba- 

 bly be found more favorable to the productions of large 

 crops, than the moist ones of England. A return of 

 fruit is speedily received after planting on good soils, 

 and we would, with confidence, recommend a trial of 

 a Idbert orchard, to enterprising cultivators. 



In gardens, a row of the finer sirtof this fiuit may 

 be advantageou'ly introduced, as a screen or barrier, 

 in portions where such a feature is desirable, as the fo 

 liageis large and dense, and thus the double advantage 

 of fruit, and privacy or protection will be realized. 

 A. J. DOWNING. 



Ncichnrgh, N. Y. 



THE LATE PUC8IDENT. 



Our readers will pardon the liberty we take in do- 

 voting a small space to the comiiicnioiation of an 

 event which has spread sorrow and mourning over 

 this whole land. The dcoth of W11.1.1.1M Hknky 

 Harrison, whom the sovereign people, by their frco 

 will, bad 50 lately chosen to piejside over this great 

 nation, has in all places, and from all parties, called 

 forth nianifcstatione of the dceiicsl regret, and most 

 abiding sorrow. 



Devout minds cannot but regard this national bo- 

 reaveincnt as an afllieting dispensation of Divine I'lO- 

 vidcnce; and such will willingly conijily with the fol- 

 lowing recommendation of President Tyler, as the 

 most appropriate manner in which a Christian people 

 con commemorate this solemn event. 



TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED 

 STATES. 



A RECOMMtNDATlON. 



When a Christian people feel themselves to be over- 

 taken by a great public calamity, it becomes them to 

 bumble themselves under the dispensation of Divine 

 Providence, to recognize His righteous government 

 over the children of men, to acknowledge His good- 

 ness in time past, as well as their own unwortbincss, 

 and to supplicate His merciful protection for the fu- 

 ture. 



The death of William Henrt HARRrsoN, lata 

 President of the United Slates, so soon afier his eleva- 

 vation to that high office, is a bereavement peculiarly 

 calculated to be regarded as a heavy affliction, and to 

 impress all minds with a sense of the uncenaiiny of 

 human things, and of the dependence of nations, as 

 well as of individuals, upon our Heavenly Parent. 



I have thought, therefore, that I should be acting in 

 conformity with the general expectation and feelings 

 of community, in recommending, as I now do, to the 

 People of the United States, of every religious denom- 

 ination, that, according tei their severol modes and 

 forms of worship, tl ey observe a day of Fasting and 

 Prayer, bv such religious services as may be suitablo 

 on the occasion; and I recommend Friday, the Four- 

 teenth Day of May next, for that purpose; to the end, 

 that on that day, we may all, with one accord, join in 

 humble and reverential approach to Him, in whose 

 hands we are, invoking him to inspire us with a pro- 

 per spirit and temper of heart and mind under ihese 

 frowns of His Providence, and still to bestow Hia 

 gracious benedictions upon our government and our 

 country, 



JOHN TYLER. 



Washington, April 13, 1841, 



For the Keic Genesee Farmer. 



New Drill Barrow. 



Messrs. Editors — To the hundred inventions for 

 planting ruta baga, beet, and other seeds, I must add 

 one of my own, which I have had made, and chall giva 

 a trial this spring. If it succeeds, as I think it will, 

 I shall send you a description of it, as I think it will 

 be found the cheapest thing yet of this kind. It con- 

 sists merely of a seed barrel and two band w! eels, oi^e 

 of which is placed on the axle of a common wheel bar- 

 row, by which motion is given to the barrel containing 

 seed; a furrow is opened by a cultivator tooth, the 

 seed is dropped, a chain covers it, and last of all a rol- 

 ler piesses the earth upon the seed, and the planting 

 'is finished. The advantage of this contrivance is, it 

 can be attached to a common wheel barrow, by taking 

 off" the bottom boards. When not wanted as a drill 

 barrow, it can be converted to its legitimate use; and I 

 have lound it very handy about the place, in making 

 garden, hot beds, &c. Yours ice, 



E. B. QUtNEU. 



Milwavkee, W. T., April, 1841. 



SILK WORM EGGS. 



LARGK White re;inul, and Inrce NNnkiii Peanut rgsii , 

 (.he Shia l\liratet.!ini\ Miroleljamie. of the French,) 

 iinil tlip common Sulphur varieties, lire for sale nt ihcfeeu 

 Store, hy BATEHA.11 & CUOSJIAN. 



Roc/icsSer, Jpril 1, ISll. 



